> On Jan 25, 2006, at 12:14:15, Joerg Schilling wrote:> > Incorrect, sorry. Do you really make Linux incompatible to the rest > > of the world?..> >> 1 platform (Linux) _requires_ /dev/* access> > Your last line is wrong>> No, it is correct. We require /dev/* access. The fact that we > included /dev/sg* devices for /dev/[sh]d* was a mistake, and should > be fixed, but those are still /dev/* access.

Looks like you missunderstood /dev/* here.Even with /dev/scg* on Solaris or with CAM on FreeBSD, you open a device.But this is not a /dev/ entry for a high level device like a disk, it is a SCSI nexus device that allows you to send SCSI commands on any SCSI transport.